. The Street railway journal . FIG. 2.—FRAMING THE FIG. 4,—LAYING-OUT LACLEDE CAR COMPANY. The general plan of the works is shov^^n in Fig. 9 and illustra-tions of diiTerent portions of it are shown in Figs, i to 8. Themain feature of the companys shop plan is found in the way inwhich cars are built from the foundations up in one place—theerecting sliops—where also they are painted and made read}^ forshipment. This obviates the necessity- of moving the cars fromshop to shop, as the work progresses and it is thus possible toreduce the labor account quite materially. Every ef
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 2.—FRAMING THE FIG. 4,—LAYING-OUT LACLEDE CAR COMPANY. The general plan of the works is shov^^n in Fig. 9 and illustra-tions of diiTerent portions of it are shown in Figs, i to 8. Themain feature of the companys shop plan is found in the way inwhich cars are built from the foundations up in one place—theerecting sliops—where also they are painted and made read}^ forshipment. This obviates the necessity- of moving the cars fromshop to shop, as the work progresses and it is thus possible toreduce the labor account quite materially. Every effort is made by the company to build the most perfectcar possible to produce, and no reasonable expense is .spared to bringabout this end. Some idea of the character of its work can be ob-tained from the illustrations. It will be seen, for example, fromFig. 4 that timber of great length is used so as to avoid splicingand weakening of the car structure. In Fig. 2 the bulk-heads of an open car are shown m process of construction and in 632 ST
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